A bit of an impulse buy this weekend was Kinect for the Xbox, after having a go at a friend’s house I decided it would be an ideal way to introduce some fun exercise into my life and in the long run cheaper than joining the gym! Now I do have a Wii fit but the controllers get on my nerves as does constantly buying batteries for them  which is why its sat collecting dust, so it’s a great relief with the Kinect than all I need to do is just wave my hands to control it!

To go with my Kinect I bought some games which my friend has, Kinect Sports and Dance Central, (the dance game is really what made me get it) as well as EA Sports Active 2, (which is to get me exercising). The Sports game is great fun and ideal to play with friends and family, as is the Dance Central game, however I find that also really good to play on my own as part of exercising as it really gets my heart rate going and is great fun. My other half has started out on a exercise regime set by the trainers on the EA Sports Active 2 game and its quite a hard one too, which is making me hesitant to start it yet as I’m slowly edging into exercise!

With all these games I am really surprised at how good the Kinect is at picking up your every move as well as recognising different players, it’s much better than what I thought it would be at the launch last year and I really do think I will make use out of it, especially if more fun titles come out for it.

Kinect and games